Kiva Loans for Fundacion Mujer

Daysi María : Costa Rica

Wed, 23 May 2012 05:00:05 PDT

$550 of $2,000 raised.

Started raising funds on May 23, 2012

Daysi is a client with a great deal of history in the Fundación. She dedicates herself to various activities that have made her grow in her business and supersede personally. She counts with the support of her children in the different businesses. She has always shown us her responsible and timely nature at the time her loan payments were due. Currently, she requests a loan to outfit a locale with the necessary equipment to provide public services collections. Things have gone very well for her with her previous loans, which is why she got the idea to continue growing to generate more income and get ahead.

Jenny : Costa Rica

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:40:02 PDT

$600 of $1,025 raised.

Started raising funds on Apr 28, 2012

Jenny is a 40 year old entrepreneur with two young children. She currently lives with her children and husband in the district of Cantón de Orotina in the province of Alajuela. Jenny is an entrepreneurial woman who has spent the past 10 years handling her business. The business has been an important support for the family's income and in addition it generates employment: two people from the community receive the merchandise and earn income to support their homes as well. Jenny started this activity in order to work from the house and be close to raise her young children. The business allows her to not only take care of the children but also to generate income from the home. In the beginning she asked for a credit from a product distributor, paid punctually, and initiated her business with a small capital. In 2006 she requested a loan from Fundación Mujer for 500.000 for the purchase of merchandise, which she paid off 3 months before the established date. It is a consolidated activity that has 2 large suppliers and 2 young people in addition to Jenny who sell the product in the zone. It is a well-structured small business. The activity offers a great variety of products including underwear, tights, bathrobes, boxers, bras, children's games, and pajamas, among others. It generates employment in the region and in addition demonstrated an excellent payment conduct with a previous loan. More capital is needed in order to purchase more products, since they have attracted new customers and need to cover new requests.

Yoleny : Costa Rica

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:00:04 PDT

$350 of $1,200 raised.

Started raising funds on Apr 29, 2012

Yoleny is a 65 year old women who has worked many years in the sale of cosmetics and catalog products. As a client of the foundation, she has been supported with various loans, in which she has been characterized by her excellent record of payment. With the previous loan that she received from Kiva funds, she was able to finance the purchase of merchandise and thus pay some medical expenses for her son who was sick. Yoleny is a very hard-working woman and always supportive of her family. She supports her children in every way possible, but also enjoys her work and the income allows her to have a good quality of life.

Banco Mujer Unido De Suretka Group : Costa Rica

Sat, 05 May 2012 11:10:03 PDT

$400 of $5,625 raised.

Started raising funds on May 5, 2012

Nancy is the president of the communal bank "Mujer Unido de Suretka." This group has a long history with Fundacion Mujer, and has a good credit record. Nancy is 32 years old, married, and has no children. She is a very enterprising woman who has developed a number of different businesses, such as retail trade. She has a small grocery store and she also sells fast food on the weekends and holidays, and last, but not least, she makes handicrafts which she sells in her community. She does all of this to contribute to the household finances and also to help her brother who studies at the university. She is requesting her 5th loan. The previous loans really helped her to strengthen and grow her businesses. Her goal is to eventually have a small supermarket where she could sell all types of merchandise. Next to Nancy, there are 7 other members of the group who are all developing retail or agricultural businesses.

Gilma : Costa Rica

Sun, 06 May 2012 07:40:02 PDT

$400 of $1,200 raised.

Started raising funds on May 6, 2012

Gilma is a hard-working woman. In her native Nicaragua, she obtained a baccalaureate and studied accounting but to due to poverty and looking for a better future for her children, she came to Costa Rica close to twenty years ago. With effort and work she acquired her own home where she lives with her spouse and their children. She is very interested in putting into practice her beauty knowledge and to manage her own business, given her accounting education and her abilities in the area of beauty. With the help of her family and her own effort, she has qualified and acquired the necessary equipment for beauty and barber work. She needs some capital to buy a barber chair, a hair washing sink, mirrors, and to fix the lighting in the shop, among other things, with the objective of opening her doors and offering this service along with her friend. She completed an income projection in accordance with experience with customers from previous jobs, in addition to information gained from a microenterprise course that helped her. She rises early and readies lunch for her children and spouse and sends her young daughter to school. Later she goes to her salon where she works from 9AM to 5PM, returning home at the end of the day. She trained in the area of beauty and barbering and along with a colleague who specializes in massage and feet, they decided to open a salon in the area of San Antonio del Tejar in Alajuela. She has worked in this branch since 2009 and has been accredited with the titles for the development of this activity, which has the support of the Ministry of Education of Costa Rica. Her dream is to have a chain of salons in the area where she lives.

Banco Mujer Siquirritos Group : Costa Rica

Wed, 09 May 2012 12:50:01 PDT

$400 of $5,575 raised.

Started raising funds on May 9, 2012

Annia is the secretary of the group called Banco Mujer Siquirritos. She is a young woman, professional and a hard-worker. At 30 years old, she is married and the mother of 4 children, all minors. Her husband occasionally works as a painter and his income is very low. Because of this, Annia has always looked for ways to help improve the family's financial situation. She started a business as a street vendor and sells clothes, shoes, wallets, purses, and jewelry. This is the third loan she has asked for and the previous loans have helped her invest in capital and strengthen her business. It's important to highlight that Annia is a teacher with a Bachelor's degree for teaching both primary and secondary school. However, she has not been successful in finding steady work in the national education system. Therefore, she has realized that by managing her business well and with a lot of work, she can earn a good income. Her goals are to practice her profession and to have steady and stable work, but also to have a store that offers all of the products she currently sells. By doing this, she can improve her family's quality of life and continue supporting her husband with the household expenses. Besides Annia there are 7 other women that are also dedicated to commercial activities and services in this group.

Banco Mujer Buscando El Triunfo Group : Costa Rica

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:20:06 PDT

$50 of $4,150 raised.

Started raising funds on May 15, 2012

Doña Luz is the president of the Women's Community Bank "Buscando El Triunfo," and she has many years of membership in this group, in which she has been known for her responsibility and punctuality, just as is true of all the members of her group. She is 42 years old and the mother of three children, all of who are teenagers and students. She began her business to create more income for her home, and also to help her children by paying for their studies, since her partner works as an agricultural laborer and receives a very low salary. This woman is a businessperson, and she sells perfumes door to door in her community and the neighboring areas. She has a lot of experience in business, and this is the fourth loan she has received. Just as with the previous loans, she will be using the opportunity to make investments with a greater working capital. Along with Luz, there are 5 other members of the group who will invest in business activities and agriculture.